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Deer Lodge state prison expansion aims to address overcrowding

Deer Lodge state prison expansion aims to address overcrowding

DEER LODGE, Mont. — A major expansion at Montana State Prison has moved forward, as the Department of Corrections looks to add close to a thousand prison beds to Montana by 2029. This $300 million project, funded through the state legislature, marks the first prison project of this size in Montana

COVID-19 Behind Bars

When both doctors and defense attorneys requested that Ricky Nelson, a man convicted of gun possession, be granted a deferred sentence, prosecution and the judge denied the request. Nelson was exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, and was promptly taken from trial to jail in West Virginia on March 27. Nelson is